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December 9, 2010

Washington, D. C. - Seeking stricter enforcement of sanctions on Iran, U. S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. on Thursday wrote to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, and President-elect Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, urging compliance and enforcement of international and domestic laws intended to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.


December 9, 2010

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) Thursday applauded passage of the Medicare and Medicaid Extenders of 2010, averting a 25 percent payment cut to physicians who treat seniors and military families which without this bill would have taken effect January 1. Passage today means physician fees in Medicare will remain at their current levels for all of 2011.


December 2, 2010

Washington, D.C. – Taking an historic step with the most significant improvement to child nutrition in thirty years, the House on Wednesday approved and sent to the President the “Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act,” which will greatly expand nutrition programs for hungry children in America.


December 2, 2010
Washington, D.C. – On the 30th anniversary of the Superfund program Congressman Pallone stressed that fully funding the program could go far towards cleaning up over 1,000 contaminated sites around the country. EPA’s Superfund program is responsible for the ongoing cleanup of numerous sites including the Imperial Oil and Raritan Bay Slag Superfund sites.

December 1, 2010

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., who has led the fight to ban all new offshore drilling, welcomed the policy reversal announced by the Obama Administration on Wednesday in extending the ban on new offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.


November 30, 2010
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. Tuesday voted in favor of the Cobell settlement, which the House approved by a vote of 256-182. Final approval by the president will award $1.4 billion in compensation for claims against the federal government for historical accounting irregularities over Native American land.

November 10, 2010

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. Wednesday released the following statement at the Gateway National Recreation Area’s second of three open houses on the General Management Plan which took place at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft. Congressman Pallone has long been an advocate of maintaining and improving Sandy Hook Park.


November 5, 2010
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. Friday released the following statement on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s final catch share policy which was released Thursday.

October 25, 2010

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Health Subcommittee, Monday called on Major League Baseball’s American and National League Champions to ban the use of smokeless tobacco on the field and in the dugout during this year’s World Series.


October 25, 2010
Washington, D.C. – In response to several requests, Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06) Monday announced that EPA will relocate the fence that surrounds the Raritan Bay Slag site. The Old Bridge mayor and area residents requested the placement of the fence line that included the Laurence Harbor Waterfront Park area be revaluated because it blocks access to the beach in Old Bridge.